November 2012
2 posts
SMU Spirit
This weekend has been filled with the sort of spirit that energizes you. Yesterday I attended the Meet and Greet and the Presidents Gala here at SMU as a student representative of ASSMU. It was an amazing experience, seeing all of these people here on campus to support this amazing university, and to have such a big name celebrity chef to help raise it was spectacular. The people actually came...
Halloween
Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. Not because of the candy or the dressing up (though for sure those are definitely pluses) but because of the spiritual, supernatural, and religious aspects of it. Halloween is All Hallows Eve, a time in the Christian faith where we pray for the souls of those in Purgatory to be able to accept God’s forgiveness and be let into the Kingdom...
October 2012
2 posts
Relationships
Relationships are a huge topic in college, and statistics show that you are more likely to meet your life long friends and suture spouse in college than anywhere else. In this blog, I am merely focusing on the dating aspect of relationships in the sense of what it can do with the friends of those who are “dating” or about to “date”. This one will be short because I have to...
Brandon
Today is our dear friend Brandon Pellerin’s 21st birthday. It was a day to celebrate the life an memory of this amazing young man. He touched many peoples lives, and his presence is missed on this campus. But he would not want is to dwell in the sadness, but revel in his legacy of love, leadership, and laughter. We must do this, so that others can know him. They may not know his name,...
September 2012
4 posts
Love and Religion
In a world so full of hate due to the differences between us, whether that be due to race, language, or beliefs, I believe it is time to get back down to the basics, and remember what connects us rather than what separates us.
When I was a junior in high school, I had the privilege and good fortune to go see the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu give a seminar on the similarities between different...
From CRS to SeaTac: Road back home
Imagine if you will a gravel road with rundown old camp houses along either side. That was the road up to the Jesuit Retreat Center. I thought I was on the scene of a Friday the 13th movie. You know the movie with Jason,the guy with the hockey mask and machete. However, once we got the the retreat center, all that worry left. It was a beautiful retreat center, with great company.
Deacon Joe,...
Road to Sacramento
After a 2 hr nap, hitching a ride at 5 am to SeaTac, and going through security, here I sit at one of the million of Starbucks in SeaTac sipping on my Tall Nonfat Vanilla Latte, and prepping for the conference.
I don’t really know what to expect from this trip. Sure I have an outline for what I am doing at the retreat center, and I know that on Sunday I will be seeing an old friend from...
Sacramento
Well, Friday I am off to Sacramento to a conference with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The best way to explain CRS for people who do not know what it is, is that it is the Catholic version of the Peace Core, AmeriCore, etc. Saint Martin’s University has decided to have a Catholic Relief Services Student Ambassador, and Father Peter (Poppa Pete) asked if I would be that Ambassador.
I...
